Insight under the spotlight for entrepreneurs

Pete Smyth reflects on the Entrepreneur Experience at Ballymaloe House in Cork

Pete Smyth, Jim Urell, Oisin Kim and Michael O’Connor at the Entrepreneur ExperienceJohn Allen

The setting for the Entrepreneur Experience may have been the retreat-like Ballymaloe House, but the agenda was anything but relaxing. Now in its sixth year, the event brings together 24 of Ireland’s leading entrepreneurs and 24 of the country’s next generation of emerging entrepreneurs for 24 hours of intense mentoring.

The emerging entrepreneurs run companies of all shapes and sizes, from pre-revenue firms preparing market-entry strategies, to established ones with turnover exceeding €20 ...